Kris Aquino wants training from 'bonggang bongga' cities

Maridol Ranoa-Bismark

Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom•9 May 2013

Lipa, Batangas -- Kris Aquino, who is reportedly running for public office in 2016, is planning to learn the ropes from the experts – Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.

“After maikot na ng bonggang bongga ang mga cities, tumatak sa akin ang Davao and Iloilo city. Vinolunteer ko ang sarili ko. I want to OJT (on-the-job) with these mayors -- Mayor Duterte and Mayor Jed. Pwede two weeks para makita ko kung kaya ko and I have what at it takes to be a good public servant,” she said at the Batangas leg of “Rock the Vote,” where she endorsed cousin Bam Aquino’s senatorial bid.

This early, Kris’ detractors have been hitting her reported political plans, saying, among others, that it would add one more Aquino in government.

The actress-TV host feels overwhelmed at the big crowd turn-out in Lipa and the presence of artists (Christian Bautista, Jim Paredes, Noel Cabangon joined the Lipa event) who can command “hundreds of thousands of people” in their concerts. But she told Bam that artists can only do so much.